{"id":115,"date":"2025-07-01T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/may-2025-qep-update\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:45:06","slug":"may-2025-qep-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/07\/01\/may-2025-qep-update\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2025 QEP Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"115\" class=\"elementor elementor-115\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70590ced e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70590ced\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66104dd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66104dd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f7b2ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f7b2ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monthly Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2c59c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a2c59c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DFI team had a busy month with several key activities. They met with Kara Buckner to discuss future animation projects for Digital Fluency. Linda Smarzik planned a presentation for Central New Mexico\u2019s Summer Innovation Institute with Christine Goshorn and coordinated a co-presentation with El Paso Community College. Collaborations with the Curriculum and Programs team advanced the build-out of Blackboard Ultra microcredential sections for summer. Work on the AI Microcertificate continued in a planning session with Mary Kohls. Linda participated in the monthly Digital Badging Subcommittee meeting and attended the ACC GROW End-of-Year Celebration. Karina Hernandez attended the AVANCE to College End-of-Year Celebration. Additionally, Linda presented a proposed paid delivery model for microcredentials to Central New Mexico College.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the area of microcredentials, a marketing request was submitted to promote DFI program awareness and registration for Fall microcredentials. The migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management microcredentials. Data highlights include six students earning the Web Presence Fundamentals Microcertificate, 185 digital badges awarded to students who completed Spring #2 microcredentials, and the completion of two new microcredentials offered as pilots for Summer 2025. Additionally, six new Co-Curricular Digital Navigators joined the program through targeted outreach and word-of-mouth recruitment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e23484 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30e23484\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca2ade3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ca2ade3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c73ea49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c73ea49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Outreach<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DFI team met with <\/span><b>Kara Buckner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to discuss future animation projects in support of Digital Fluency.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Christine Goshorn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to plan a presentation for <\/span><b>Central New Mexico\u2019s Summer Innovation Institute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Erasmus Addae, Linda Smarzik, and Karina Hernandez collaborated with the <\/span><b>Curriculum and Programs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> team, <\/span><b>Georgia Branch, Sammy Alvanipour, Stephanie Benetti, Sara Petty, and Seth Wilkerson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to plan the build-out of <\/span><b>Blackboard Ultra microcredential sections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for summer implementation.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik and Karina Hernandez continued work on the <\/span><b>AI Microcertificate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a planning session with <\/span><b>Mary Kohls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik met with <\/span><b>Christine Goshorn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Carla Love<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Fernando Mata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Myshie Pagel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to coordinate a <\/span><b>co-presentation with El Paso Community College<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for CNM\u2019s Summer Institute.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik participated in the <\/span><b>monthly Digital Badging Subcommittee meeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, focused on cross-college alignment and updates.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik attended the <\/span><b>ACC GROW, End-of-Year Celebration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, recognizing student achievements and contributions.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Karina Hernandez attended the <\/span><b>AVANCE to College, End-of-Year Celebration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to honor students who successfully completed microcredentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda Smarzik presented a proposed <\/span><b>paid delivery model for microcredentials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to <\/span><b>Judith Tomasson, Erica Reed, and Olivia Padilla-Jackson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at Central New Mexico College.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Microcredentials\u00a0<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An ACC Marketing request was submitted and planning began for a marketing campaign to promote both the DFI program awareness and registration for Fall microcredentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The migration of the microcredentials from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued this month with the conversion of assignments and quizzes.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Systems Thinking microcredential.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development continued on the Project Management microcredential.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Data<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Six students earned the Web Presence Fundamentals Microcertificate after completing four microcredentials: Web Builder, Photoshop for Web, HTML\/CSS, and Web Analytics. Eligible students were awarded credit for ITNW-1337 for the completion of the microcertificate.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">185<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">digital badges were awarded to students who completed Spring #2 microcredentials.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two new microcredentials were completed and offered as pilots for the Summer 2025 &#8211; Systems Thinking and Project Management.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Six new Co-Curricular Digital Navigators joined the program, recruited through targeted outreach at the adjunct faculty association meeting and informal word-of-mouth.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71dd1d02 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71dd1d02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e20851a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e20851a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation Committee Meetings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aff611e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aff611e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Add meeting date and link to Google Drive<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c64e95 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"39c64e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/07\/01\/june-2025-qep-update\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M31.7 239l136-136c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L127.9 256l96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L201.7 409c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-136-136c-9.5-9.4-9.5-24.6-.1-34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">June 2025 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/07\/01\/april-2025-qep-update\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">April 2025 QEP Update<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DFI team had a busy month with several key activities. 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The migration from Brightspace Leap to Blackboard Ultra continued, with ongoing development of the Systems Thinking and Project Management microcredentials. Data highlights include six students earning the Web Presence Fundamentals Microcertificate, 185 digital badges awarded to students who completed Spring #2 microcredentials, and the completion of two new microcredentials offered as pilots for Summer 2025. 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